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Most of the topics listed for the group that I am interested in appear to be a year or more old--are these no longer viable for use? I am a little confused trying to find where the current discussions are. thanks.

Debbie.......any topics that are listed, even though no activity has taken place on them for some time, are open for discussion. Often when someone posts on one of these older topics, it catches the eye of others and the thread comes back to life. Because there are so many areas that we like to cover here at the History Book Club, we create many threads and the moderators make every effort to keep all threads updated. If you see something that interests you, please add comments or book recommendations. You should also know that only Bentley, the group founder, can create a topic/thread.

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well i simply want to ask about a certain topic ( kind of books) if any one could guide me to books under that topic.
But I REALLY couldn't find where is the inquiry thread.
Finally I found this one, if u could help me find which topic in the group is for this.
Thanks anyway,

Heba I am not sure what topic you are looking for, but we have many different topical folders each with folders containing specific topics within the theme of that folder.

To view all the topical folders in the club, go to the top of the page, click on the hyperlink for The History Book Club, and it will take you to the main page. You can then scroll down to view the different threads. There are quite a few so keep scrolling. Next to each folder there will be an indication of how many topics/threads are in that folder. Click on that to expand to see all the topics within that folder. For example, under the Presidential Series you will see a thread for each President.

Once you are on the club's home page, you can also search the posts. There is a search function usually at the top of the home page on the right side.

If you don't see something specific you are looking for, just ask and we can probably point you in the right direction. Hope that helps. Good luck, and let us know if you need anything else.

Thanks for your help,I just wanted to ask about books on Islamic history if any one could help me in this.

Heba wrote: "Thanks for your help,I just wanted to ask about books on Islamic history if any one could help me in this."

Heba you might try the folder on Ancient Near East History:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

And also look in the Challenge thread: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

In the History of Religions folder - we have some books on the religion itself. There is a thread dedicated to Islam; we have threads dedicated to all of the world religions.

In fact I just added two books the other day to that thread: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

But Kathy is also correct I have begin a pretty comprehensive Middle Eastern folder - with each thread dedicated to a different Middle Eastern country. We have threads on Egypt too.

Thanks all for help.

Heba, as an aside, what is your take on what we are reading in the news about what is happening in your country - I hope you are safe.

I am ashamed that this happens in my country.
I really realized that we still have a long way to go to be civilized.
What does it mean when we make a revolution to remove a dictator regime and call for democracy, and when we get it WE just reject it and disqualify the (democratically elected )president from office .
What happened shows that we can't be ruled except with a dictator.
Those who are pro-Morsi are pro-democracy, we chose him. He won a free election. How could we neglect that. He has legitimacy.
How could we say the military coup -which is obvious- NOT a coup.
Who gave it a right to govern the internal affairs?!!
How can I trust a deceiver, who deceived his boss
Morsi WAS effective by all means , he wasn't perfect and he had errors, so why don't you vote for someone else ( in the coming elections after 3 YEARS FROM NOW??!!!!!
This is chaos, we don't deserve democracy.
Those who believe in the military leaders, by the first minute of their announcement ALL ( and I mean) all the Islamic channels were cut off and their staff was imprisoned. Even AL Jazeera ( which is always neutral) was also cut off ( on air) and I could share with you a video here showing that scene, but I am afraid you won't understand what they say.
Morsi's ONLY FAULT was that he was sooooooooo democratic and left the opposing media say what it wants from insult and irony on its president, since the audience are furiously affected.
Why didn't Sisi take in consideration those who are pro- Morsi aren't they Egyptian citizens ?!!!!
We won't surrender any way ( en sha2 ALLAH ) to keep democracy and legitimacy and stop every one who doesn't like something to change the whole thing. Nothing can work successfully without rules.
Those in Raba'a El Adawya square are still there and won't leave. Today at dawn the military shot them there were some injuries and 1 was dead as I can remember. The military doesn't allow any one from entering the square and they forbid ALL cameras and phone signals are weak. But people there can contact us through the internet and some phone calls and they are safe now and so optimistic.
* I wish to go but Dad refused by all means, and I should obay him after all.
People all over the world disagree with what is going on here, I hope we get back on the right road soon.
I am sorry I wrote alot, but I am really angry with this and I liked to share it with you.
I posted in the Egypt topic in the group a link of an article saying what really should be said.
Thanks for your care I really appreciate it.
N.B : ( en sha2 ALLAH ) is a phrase in Arabic written in English letters which means : if GOD wills .
We Muslims should always say it when we decide and intend to do something. I just wanted to explain it 'cause you may not find it in translations.
Thanks again for your time.

I can understand how confusing things must be in Egypt and we do send our concern. And do hope things settle down and are what the people of Egypt want. I am so sorry about what is happening in Raba El Adawya square and hope that there is not more lives lost. I am glad that your father prevailed and was intent on keeping you safe - please stay indoors and with your family. You are so welcome Heba and we do pray for all of you and want the best for Egypt which really is one of the parts of the world which was the cradle of civilization even though it may not resemble it now for you. You are always welcome to speak out and share your feelings with us and we hope for the best.

I am searching for my new "GERALD'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2014" challenge entry and don't know whether a specific one has been set up for me (if so, I've not been able to locate it) or if there is some generic location where one establishes his/her own entry. Can you give me an appropriate web link to go to?

Gerald, Bentley plans to set this up next for folks.

Should be up next week, Gerald.

There is a great "Compare books" feature available on everyone's profile that allows me to compare the books read by someone I'm looking at to my own reading; however, this appears to be a profile by profile type of thing. What would be interesting would be to have a feature that compares my reading with everyone else on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and provides me a list of people who have read many of the same things. Something that says "okay Bob, you've read 63 different books - Match 1 - Joe, who has read 47 of the same books; Match 2 - Alice, who has read 36 of the same books, Match 3 - Gloria, who has read 12 of the same books.....this would allow me to go to Joe, Alice and Gloria's profiles, check out what they've read and see if they have picked up any books on similar topics that I might find interesting.

Does such a feature exist on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ?

Robert.....that is a great suggestion and you might want to put it on the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ feedback thread at the following link:

/group/show/1

I just noticed that we have two discussion threads on space travel (a favorite topic of mine) - one under Health-Medicine-Science and the other under Exploration-Travel-Weather (or something like that). Would it be a good idea to consolidate them?

Thanks.

Thanks for your suggestion, Dave. I sent it in a pm to Bentley for his consideration. It is always nice to get good feedback from members.

Barbara.......below is a link to our topic Promote Your Stuff Here. It will give you an overall guideline for posting information about your own work. You will need to contact our group founder, Bentley, for further details. Hope this helps.

/topic/show/...

In the 50 book challenge I cannot figure out how to put the entire post under my name to fit the format. Is this an issue or does what I have work?

Jess I am not sure what you are talking about.

I do have a thread that I have set up to get you started.

Hello! I hope this is a good place for this question. I was born in 1989. My high school history class seemed to stop around WWII, and didn't go into anything that took place after that. I basically have virtually no knowledge of anything that happened in the last 70 years or so. It's extremely frustrating and annoying, and I have no idea where to start learning about it. There are plenty of books that cover very specific topics, but... I don't even know the broad basics. (Someone recently was trying to explain to me what the Velvet Revolution in Prague was, and I didn't have the heart to tell them I don't even know why East and West Germany couldn't meet, or why there was a wall, or... any of it.)

Can you please recommend a book that is easy to understand and gives sort of an overview of the last 100 years or so? One that doesn't reference a lot of things I wouldn't understand, or assumes that the person reading it lived through it/knows what they're talking about?

I graduated high school in 2007. The first presidential election I can remember was George W. Bush/Gore. Imagine you are talking to someone who knows nothing from 1920-2000. Like they were in a coma or something. What book would you give them so they could understand recent history?

I want to learn and understand but I have absolutely no idea where to begin. Please help! :(

You know which might be a great place to start is with a cultural history which would lead you in a number of different directions which is beautifully written and a college education in and of itself.

by Jacques Barzun

Also the following:

by Paul Johnson

plus any of these:



and

by Frederick Lewis Allen

Thank you! "Modern Times" seems especially helpful. I will see if my library has these. :)

Don't underestimate the Barzun book - a true education.

Jacques Barzun


Enjoy.

I have been looking for the French Revolution. I seem to remember you pointed me towards it before, Bentley, but I can't find it now. I have looked under France, but it is not there.

Military History - here is the link:

/topic/show/...

Bentley wrote: "Military History - here is the link:

/topic/show/..."
Thanks Bentley.

You are most welcome Carol.

Has anyone else negative comment numbers on some of the threads in this group? Just asking to see if it might be a problem on my account and if I need to contact support :)

Lucy I have not see that at all. I think you should contact goodreads support.

Thank you Bently. Yes I guess I will have to contact support :)

It is no problem - it is probably something that they can fix easily.

Yes I think it will be fixed soon :)

I just read Hidden Figures..great book with lots of history..where on this site does that discussion fit ?
There's a lot of content posted on this site and hope you can direct me.
US Aviation. Civil Rights. WWII. [few subjects touched on in this book]

The folders are listed alphabetically after the spotlighted ones:

You may want to post what you are reading on What is Everybody Reading Now. You would have to cite the book which you did not do with the bookcover, the word by, the author's photo and the author's link. We do not set up separate threads for books unless they are under discussion. There are many books with lots of history (smile) but you can always post the books with proper citations on the correct threads. The thread mentioned is at the top of the folder.

/topic/group...

However you may want to post it in the Health-Medicine-Science folder and on the thread that is for Mathematics if it is the book that deals with women and mathematics.

Here is the thread for mathematics:

/topic/show/...

And this is how the book should be cited:

by Margot Lee Shetterly (no photo)

In the case of the above book, the author's photo was not available so (no photo) in parentheses was placed at the end of the citation.

I recently got really into listening to podcasts when I'm driving or cleaning. So I was wondering about is there a thread about podcasts in this group? I'm trying to find some good history podcasts and podcasts with history book reviews.

There is the audiobooks folder. But I am not sure whether there is a thread on podcasts - I will look

Thank you Bentley 😊

No problem

RavensScar aka. Luci wrote: "I recently got really into listening to podcasts when I'm driving or cleaning. So I was wondering about is there a thread about podcasts in this group? I'm trying to find some good history podcasts..."

FYI: A really good podcast for American history is Backstory. It used to be an NPR program but lost some funding but is still available as a podcast.

Thank you Dave 😊 I'll add it to my podcast list 😊

RavensScar aka. Luci wrote: "I recently got really into listening to podcasts when I'm driving or cleaning. So I was wondering about is there a thread about podcasts in this group? I'm trying to find some good history podcasts..."

I also love history podcasts and there are a lot of good ones out there. My favorites are: The History of Rome (Mike Duncan), The History of WW2, The British History Podcast, History of the Civil War-1861-1865 and The Life of Caesar. All are available on ITunes and other sites.

Thank you David I'll add those on my list too :)

Dave and David - find our new podcast thread (recommended by Luci) and please place your recommendations over there.

Folks probably won't find them here on the help desk thread (smile).

It is in the Audiobooks/Podcasts/Kindles folder.

Sorry, I seem to be having issues finding the discussion thread for the January 2018 group discussion for The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Mike wrote: "Sorry, I seem to be having issues finding the discussion thread for the January 2018 group discussion for The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks"

Me too! Where do I find this?

We will be revamping the schedule and sorry for any delays.

Hello. I've noticed under European History that there is no folder for France. Since France was one of the most highly populated countries in Europe through the 18th century at least and had great political, military, and religious power, I'm a bit baffled at there not being a folder for it. I love French history, as well as the historical biographies of French figures of note.

Would you consider adding it? Or is there a reason why there isn't one?

Also, I've just noticed that there is no folder for Italy, which was a pretty interesting place from the beginning of feudalism through the early nineteenth century. I love Italian history. Would it be possible for you to start a folder for it?